Preparations underway for new Butte County Hall of Record’s first election

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Election materials surround Butte County Clerk-Recorder Candace Grubbs Monday in the Butte County Hall of Records in Oroville, which will be headquarters for its first election on Nov. 8. The $9.5 million building at 155 Nelson Ave. in Oroville was completed in January and allows the Clerk-Recorders Office and its Elections Division to be combined in one place, rather than being scattered in several locations. People can already drop off ballot there during normal business hours, and the building will be open for Saturday voting 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 5. More than 90,000 ballots were sent to Butte County voters, and about 20 percent have already been returned, according to a press release. - Bill Husa — Mercury-Register

Vote-by-mail ballots are organized on a rack at the Butte County Hall of Records building in Oroville. Tuesday in the last day to request a vote-by-mail ballot and they must be postmarked by Nov. 8 - Bill Husa — Mercury-Register

Butte County Clerk-Recorder Candace Grubbs shows how a voting machine has an actual paper trail in addition to other methods of counting the vote, as she talks Monday about the voting processes. - Bill Husa — Mercury-Register

The new Butte County Clerk-Recorder Hall of Records building is across Nelson Avenue from the County Center and Cal Fire-Butte County headquarters station. - Bill Husa — Mercury-Register

An official ballot drop box Monday outside of the Butte County Hall of Records in Oroville. - Bill Husa — Mercury-Register

Voting supplies for the upcoming election are seen Monday at the Butte County Hall of Records in Oroville. - Bill Husa — Mercury-Register

Votes in the Nov. 8 election are already being collected at the Butte County Hall of Records in Oroville. - Bill Husa — Mercury-Register

An oath of affirmation form sits on a desk inside of the precinct worker training room Monday in the Butte County Hall of Records in Oroville. - Bill Husa — Mercury-Register

Butte County Clerk Recorder Candace Grubbs said this $220,000 machine at the Butte County Hall of Records in Oroville helps keep ballots organized during the election process. - Bill Husa — Mercury-Register